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Washington County engineering report: 296 septic permits, 30 miles paved and $1.24 million saved after shift to in‑house paving
Summary
Engineering & Development Services reported 296 septic (OSSF) permits and 30 miles of paving in 2025; the county says it saved $1,240,000 by moving paving in‑house and expects mapped data of more than 600 miles of county roadways to be operational in January 2026.
Mister Stoltz, presenting the Engineering & Development Services year‑end and fourth‑quarter report to the Washington County Commissioners Court on Dec. 30, said the department closed the year having processed 296 OSSF (septic) permits and 200 addressing actions for 2025.
Stoltz told the court the county completed about 30 miles of paving for the year and recorded multiple surface treatments: roughly one mile of recycled asphalt pavement installation, more than 10 miles of chip seal overlay and nearly 19 miles of full‑depth reclamation with a two‑coat seal. “We have officially done that. We have saved $1,240,000 in in‑house paving,” Stoltz said, attributing the savings to the county’s transition from contractor work to owned paving equipment and staff.
The department reported base‑material purchases totaled approximately…
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